Mecistocephalus uncifer

Mecistocephalus uncifer is a species of centipede in the Mecistocephalidae family. It was described in 1919 by Italian myriapodologist Filippo Silvestri.^[1][2] This species has 49 pairs of legs and can reach 65 mm in length.^[3]

Mecistocephalus uncifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Geophilomorpha
Family:	Mecistocephalidae
Genus:	Mecistocephalus
Species:	M. uncifer
Binomial name
Mecistocephalus uncifer (Silvestri, 1919)[1]
Synonyms
Lamnonyx uncifer Cook, 1896

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Moroka, Papua New Guinea.^[2]